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CVE-2025-40642

Severity CVSS v4.0:
MEDIUM
Type:
CWE-79 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Publication date:
08/09/2025
Last modified:
08/09/2025

Description

Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WebWork, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code through the 'q' and 'engine' request parameters in /search.

Impact

Vector 4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N CVSS v4.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.10 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Attack Requirements (AT): None
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Active
Confidentiality (VC): None
Integrity (VI): None
Availability (VA): None
Confidentiality (SC): Low
Integrity (SI): Low
Availability (SA): None

Base Score 4.0
5.10
Severity 4.0
MEDIUM

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